by David Scott Robertson
I thank you, Jesus,
For initiating our relationship.
I had no rights to you,
No access to you,
No kinship or family tie to you
That would warrant you’re coming to rescue me from my sin.
And yet,
Notwithstanding,
You heard the distant and feeble cry for help of my fallen soul lost in a dark and lonely place.
You heard my voice long, long ago…
And though there were ten thousand times ten thousand angels
Worshipping you in a heavenly language,
Their worship, their song, their holy adoration
Could not drown out my voice crying in the wilderness.
“O God, help!”
“O Lord, I need you!”
“O God, I’m lost without you.”
And you came.
You left your place of perfection.
You left the throne of your glory where all recognized and responded correctly to your righteous and absolute power, authority, and holiness.
You left all that behind
And headed to a hostile and alien land that you knew,
In your foreknowledge,
Would despise and reject you
And ultimately require of you your life.
And you came to me.
You came to me by the way of the cross.
You came to me through the way of death.
You came to me not by taking the scenic route,
But by taking the brutally hard path up a hill called Mount Calvary.
You did it because you knew that this road was the only path that led to my heart.
And in that single act of selfless sacrifice in your sinless perfection,
You rescued me and mankind once for all through your profound love.
And I live to tell about it.
Me who was destined to self-destruct in one short life span and depart from light to darkness,
From temporary pleasures to eternal torment.
I live to tell about
Meeting a Man who told me all things I ever did --
One who knew me and loved me anyway.
I have met Jesus,
The Savior of the world,
The Lord of my life,
The greatest Hero who ever lived.
With that in mind, Lord,
I give you my heart, my life, my worship, my obedience, my labor, my token and pledge of my abiding love for you and your Word and your will and your ways.
I thank you, Jesus,
For being the inspiration of these words emanating from a transformed life.
DSR
6/20/03